diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.impl.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.impl.ts
index da533526519..bfbf204ef54 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.impl.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.impl.ts
@@ -99,10 +99,12 @@ export async function handleDirectiveOnly(
   }).sandboxed;
   const shouldHintDirectRuntime = directives.hasElevatedDirective && !runtimeIsSandboxed;
   const allowInternalExecPersistence = canPersistInternalExecDirective({
+    messageProvider: params.messageProvider,
     surface: params.surface,
     gatewayClientScopes: params.gatewayClientScopes,
   });
   const allowInternalVerbosePersistence = canPersistInternalVerboseDirective({
+    messageProvider: params.messageProvider,
     surface: params.surface,
     gatewayClientScopes: params.gatewayClientScopes,
   });
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.model.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.model.test.ts
index b34547eb3d3..bb64f61254e 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.model.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.model.test.ts
@@ -717,4 +717,39 @@ describe("persistInlineDirectives internal exec scope gate", () => {
 
     expect(sessionEntry.verboseLevel).toBeUndefined();
   });
+
+  it("treats internal provider context as authoritative over external surface metadata", async () => {
+    const allowedModelKeys = new Set(["anthropic/claude-opus-4-5", "openai/gpt-4o"]);
+    const directives = parseInlineDirectives("/verbose full");
+    const sessionEntry = {
+      sessionId: "s1",
+      updatedAt: Date.now(),
+    } as SessionEntry;
+    const sessionStore = { "agent:main:main": sessionEntry };
+
+    await persistInlineDirectives({
+      directives,
+      cfg: baseConfig(),
+      sessionEntry,
+      sessionStore,
+      sessionKey: "agent:main:main",
+      storePath: "/tmp/sessions.json",
+      elevatedEnabled: true,
+      elevatedAllowed: true,
+      defaultProvider: "anthropic",
+      defaultModel: "claude-opus-4-5",
+      aliasIndex: baseAliasIndex(),
+      allowedModelKeys,
+      provider: "anthropic",
+      model: "claude-opus-4-5",
+      initialModelLabel: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5",
+      formatModelSwitchEvent: (label) => `Switched to ${label}`,
+      agentCfg: undefined,
+      messageProvider: "webchat",
+      surface: "telegram",
+      gatewayClientScopes: ["operator.write"],
+    });
+
+    expect(sessionEntry.verboseLevel).toBeUndefined();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.params.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.params.ts
index 0b14b536581..dcbf47a9093 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.params.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.params.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export type HandleDirectiveOnlyCoreParams = {
 };
 
 export type HandleDirectiveOnlyParams = HandleDirectiveOnlyCoreParams & {
+  messageProvider?: string;
   currentThinkLevel?: ThinkLevel;
   currentFastMode?: boolean;
   currentVerboseLevel?: VerboseLevel;
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.persist.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.persist.ts
index 9235ed0bbea..364ec795f25 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.persist.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.persist.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export async function persistInlineDirectives(params: {
   initialModelLabel: string;
   formatModelSwitchEvent: (label: string, alias?: string) => string;
   agentCfg: NonNullable<OpenClawConfig["agents"]>["defaults"] | undefined;
+  messageProvider?: string;
   surface?: string;
   gatewayClientScopes?: string[];
 }): Promise<{ provider: string; model: string; contextTokens: number }> {
@@ -63,10 +64,12 @@ export async function persistInlineDirectives(params: {
   } = params;
   let { provider, model } = params;
   const allowInternalExecPersistence = canPersistInternalExecDirective({
+    messageProvider: params.messageProvider,
     surface: params.surface,
     gatewayClientScopes: params.gatewayClientScopes,
   });
   const allowInternalVerbosePersistence = canPersistInternalVerboseDirective({
+    messageProvider: params.messageProvider,
     surface: params.surface,
     gatewayClientScopes: params.gatewayClientScopes,
   });
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.shared.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.shared.ts
index c4306042e05..45520f88bb2 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.shared.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.shared.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@ export const formatInternalVerboseCurrentReplyOnlyText = () =>
   "Verbose logging set for the current reply only.";
 
 function canPersistInternalDirective(params: {
+  messageProvider?: string;
   surface?: string;
   gatewayClientScopes?: string[];
 }): boolean {
-  if (!isInternalMessageChannel(params.surface)) {
+  const authoritativeChannel = isInternalMessageChannel(params.messageProvider)
+    ? params.messageProvider
+    : params.surface;
+  if (!isInternalMessageChannel(authoritativeChannel)) {
     return true;
   }
   const scopes = params.gatewayClientScopes ?? [];
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-directives-apply.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-directives-apply.ts
index c74d62dfc68..5c62b18260e 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-directives-apply.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-directives-apply.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ export async function applyInlineDirectiveOverrides(params: {
       currentVerboseLevel,
       currentReasoningLevel,
       currentElevatedLevel,
+      messageProvider: ctx.Provider,
       surface: ctx.Surface,
       gatewayClientScopes: ctx.GatewayClientScopes,
     });
@@ -328,6 +329,7 @@ export async function applyInlineDirectiveOverrides(params: {
     initialModelLabel,
     formatModelSwitchEvent,
     agentCfg,
+    messageProvider: ctx.Provider,
     surface: ctx.Surface,
     gatewayClientScopes: ctx.GatewayClientScopes,
   });